17:47

Surah Al-Isra (The Night Trip)

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Dynamic translation

(17:47) We are fully aware of what they are listening to when they are listening to you, and when they conspire secretly the wicked say, "You are but following a bewitched man!"

Arabic text

(17:47) نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَى إِذْ يَقُولُ الظَّالِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلاَّ رَجُلاً مَّسْحُورًا

Connected ideas

(25:8) "Or that a treasure is given to him, or that he has a genetic that he eats from." The wicked said, "You are but following a man bewitched!"

(51:52) Likewise, when a messenger went to those before them, they said, "A magician, or genius."